This Day in History: Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor of France

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On this day, 1804, the famed military strategist was handed the crown by Pope Pius VII, therefore donning the title Napoleon I. At the time he was only 35 years old, as well as the first Frenchman to hold the throne in a millennium.

 

Information found on History.com.